{"product_id":"1555838537-stone_butch_blues","title":"Stone Butch Blues","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoman or man? That’s the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950’s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist ’60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early ’70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Feinberg is also the author of \u003ci\u003eTrans Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrans Gender Warriors \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTransgender Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGender Studies\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Alyson Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":48697879068862,"sku":"1555838537-3","price":34.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81R8HW6X5PL.jpg?v=1786384456","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1555838537-stone_butch_blues","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}